Sigrid Schottenius Cullhed

I am a literary and cultural historian with a particularly strong interest in ancient Greek and Roman literature and its influence on later cultures around the world. Research questions that attract my interest tend to have interdisciplinary ramifications. At the moment I am running a project examining representations of sexual assault and cultures of silence in the classical tradition. The purpose is to contribute to a better understanding of why victims of sexual violence often avoid making their experiences known, and find that few listen once they do. I am also active in two collaborative projects: the graduate school at Uppsala University's Center for Women's Mental Health, Womher, and the ERC-project Mothernet, which examines contemporary stories and experiences of motherhood in Europe.